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W?oa etor,
The i ldranr's concert br the Town
Hall on 1`'riday eventfg,, lrtat was
success, and fipe'aks well for oar princi-
pal, Mr. Taylor, as a juvenile irratruc-'
tor, etc, The medal for the best
'recitation was awarded Iiiaa Jessie
'Gibson, who deserved credit for her
siiilfnl
bundling of the temperance
`question in a financial point of view. ---
within a twelvemonth the business up-
heavals in Wroxeter have been tor.
rifle and we are beginning to wonder
when our. ship of state" wtil reach
'the cairn settled waters and sail on
gloriously on a solid business basis.
We are glad to report our changes are
not of at break -down character, but on
the contrary, a marked, improvement
'in the situation is the etas every time.
The latest glove is the entrance cf
Mr Thos. ;Millar into 'the dry goods
business with Mr jab, Sanders, who
only took in a' partner about two
weeks ago in the person of Iver Mc -
'Laughlin, of Corrie, and lir Miller
:has bought out Mr McLatigliliu'k iii•
'terest. Tom Miller is long and very
favorably known in this locality and
we commend him to 'the public gen-
erally. As secretary of the Howick
Mutual Fire Insurance Co, he made
friends.--Joeph Marks is about malt•
ing extensive changes on his grocery
store. A story is to be added. and
the whole building will be made wider
and will add greatly to the appearance
` of that part of our town. -A choir is
'to be organized in our village on a
"scale hitherto unknown in the singing
' annals of our village, • Dr Brawn is to
bo leader, and his eapabi itis for such
are undoubted. Tuere will be solve
tall singing after awhile, we Hope, as
there are some fair average singers
here —The Town Council have caused
to be closed up for the present the
street running; from Dr Smale's'to the
'Canadian Pacific Railway siding, as' it
was a menace to. the traveling public.
—141r Thos Gibson, M.P.P., has re.
turned from the sitting of the Local.—
Miss Mary Sanderson is opening out a
'stock .of millinery in the Sanlerson
block—Miss, Newton Gibson has got
'in a finespring stock of millinery also.
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Are opening up this week a large shipment df
oats and Shoe
A thoroughbred Jersey cow,belong-1
ing to Mr John Hannah, of Tucker -
smith, has a particularly good milk
record, . During the past season she
gave milk for nine and a -half months
and; during that time she gave 4,800
pounds of milk, and fifteen and a -half
pounds of milk produced a pound of
butter, She thus produced 320 lbs of
butter, which at an average price of
17 cents per pound would cake the
yield of the co'w in cash '.$54 ' for the
season, besides the skirl milk, which
wool: be worth ,a considerable•sum,
Listowel•
The second of the Mechanics' insti-
'tute entertainments will kilo given on
Friday evening next, when . an expel-
' "lent programme is expected.—The
numerous frnnds of Dr.'J, .A.Burgess
will be very sorry that he is about to
'leave •our town. The Dr. has practis-
ed as M: D. in our midst for upwards
of eleven years, but is now fI under -
'stand going into the drug business in
Lakefield,—. Arrangements aro being
inade to celebrate the 2.4th of May in
town by sports and games iu the
driving park.—Win. Garroch, of the
firm of Garroch Bros.,.eigar manufao'
turer, died at his mother's, the old
family homestead, in Sheffield, on
Sunday March 30, never having fully
ree.oaered from,la grippe.—G B Ryan,
of Guelph, hasopened.out a stock of
dry goods in Campbell's block,—Wen.
Anderson, who was burned at floss
Bros, a short time ago, is slowly
recovering. --Rev. N. R. WMon ghly,
of the Norf.ilk-st Methodist church,
'Guelph, pretzel ed n:.'tssioiiary sermons
to large congregations on Sunday
last. Mr. Willoug;hly is a preacher of
znore than average ability. His
morning sermon especially was 1istm-
td. to with great attention, -The
Royal Templar life boat crow name to
• town as advertised on Thursday and
started a series of meetings which are
being well.attencted night after. night.
This team is composed of Prof. J. T.
Mills as leader and Mr. and Mrs.
Hugh McDonald as vocalists.. The
recitals and spicy talk of lir. Mills
are well appreciated by the people, as
. is the beautiful siugiug of Mr. Mc-
Donald. 0.1 Sunday morning 111r.
Mills,preaclied for the Congregation-
alists and in the eveningMrs.Mcihonald
preached to the Methodist alaureh' to
a full boase; after which_ a,. general
grass 'meeting was held which had
the real gospel temperance ring about
it,
'A Voluble Frenchman.
A Winnipeg, Man., special dated March
13 says: The legislature had a session.
lasting from'.,8 p. in. Tuesday until 0 a.
m. yesterday. Martin, a Frenchman,
spoke for' nine and a half hours on the
educational bill. Ile wished to annoy
the government by talking two or three
days, but the house made him talk untll
he was so -exhausted that he had to give
' up the floor. The speaker' would not• al-
low him to'support his body on the desk,
and he had to stand up the whole titre.
Several members of the house brought •
bedding'int9 the legislativehall and went
to sleep. When lunch was brought in
:Martin ata his' sandwich, and drank • his
wine while talking, the speaker ha'oing
threatened to ages l his right to the floor
if lie remained silent longer than three
minutes. The amendment to the biliwas
voted down, 10 to 7..
A UU1Ae)9CE
Iu th
lanes Banos
GRAS. KN CHTEL
Wishes to intimate to the people of wingham and
surrounding country that he has purchased
• the harness business lately carried
on by Messrs. 'J. J. lIomuth
Rs Son, and will conduct it in the
building one door south of Mr T A Mills'
store.
DOUBLE AND SINGLE HARNESS
heavy or light, made to order,
A full lino of
llorse.Blani:ata, Sleigh Bells,
Currycombs, ,Brushes, etc.,
always on hand.
Repairing neatly and promptly Bono
Mr. lvanamalcer's Life Insurance.
Joli>i Wanarnaker' carries $1,700,000
life instirtince. No man in the world
(probably no two men) supports such a
number of policies as he. It is quite cer-
tain that he must have policies in nearly
every company in the world -Only three
companies will risk as much as $100,000
in a human .life, and those are in New
York.
;This amount of life insurance must
cost Mr. Wanamaker. between $300,000
and $400,000;per year,,but it is a good in-
vestment if a man engages in such large
transactions:as he, because if it enters.
into his business standing it gives those
he deals with a certain knowlkdge that
when he dies there will . be money • to
carry on the business. -=Chatter.
of superior Quality and handsome Styles, and the prices
at which they are marked will make them rather inter-
esting to intending purchasers.
REMEMBER ,THAT THESE BOOTS ARE FROM THE BEST
Makers in Canada, and therefore can be relied on to give
satisfaction.
Whips,
The patronage of the public solicited, and satislae'
tion in work and material guaranteed,
C. KNEOHTEL.
Winpham, March 4. 1800.
Our
NEN. PAINTS ?1ND NE DRESS GOODS
are receiving favorable attention, and sales are encoura.;lnr a
for this season. A cordial invitation is hereby extended to the
Ladies to call and inspect, and, of course, purchase if they are
suited.
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'Our Tailoring and
Gents' Furnishing .Departments
are now complete, so that in
SUITS, HATS, CAPS, SHIRTS, COLLARS,'TIES,
-HANISKERCHIEFS, GLOVES, HOSE, &c.,
We promise y;iu satisfaction and very close prices,
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Why MT. Qladstono Uses Postale;
Do you .know why it is that the Tto'n.
4niiliam E. Gladstone invariably uses the
humble postal card for the purposes of
correspondence? It is because ho is tlie
father of the postal card tri Great Britain.
He made a long and hard battle in ad-
vocacy of its adoption, and now he uses
it more than i)ny twenty other men in
public life to prove his faith in its utility.
--Eugene Field's Letter.
Janaestovm.
Miss Isabella Peacock is•at present
visiting friends in no,vbrifig;e.—:lir
and Mrs hoover spent Sunday with
Me Win 1roaes of the 2nd line,—Me
Wallwin proaohed a very appropriate
Easter sermon in Jamestown church
last S:thbatli. -Miss Irisrie Ramsay
spent the past week visiting her
sister; Mrs John Pugh, of Brussels
NAV/ hppruntice coming to t' wn to
learn blacksierithin .---flea lags were
"rttn down'' the river last wi'eit, and
spine of the boys in showing their
dexterity got a dip once in at while.
Mr. Arthur Horatio Nelson Jet.
Ikius has severed his connection with
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The Brown. Anchor.
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w.. H. W A L ;- • A C -E 1.
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THS just opened out a large new stock os
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In the store one door south of the Post Office, and is prepared to gr4,.
great'bareains in 'special lines of LADIES' GOLD WATCH
(IENTLE,11+1N'S GOLD and SILVER'S WATCHES, CLOCKS, •
'EYEGLASSES and SPECTACLES.
,EE.PAIRING and NEW WORK
—Done on the shortest notice, and all work guaranteed.—
An inspection. of Goods and comparison 'o' Prices invited .y r
Goods left for repair with Mr.'R, R. \'anstone will he given out...
E.11ia � o WALLACE,
Winghana, Ont.
Creinatoiies in Bagiand.
At the Woking (England) areihatory
the number of cremations is steadily in
creasing'. In three years, front .1884 to
1887, the annual average wase$. In 1888.
thero were 20. In 1880 the number in
creased to ' 40, the "total number at the
end of the year having been exactly 100.
So far in 1800 tlidre - have been several
every week.......New York Sun.
Just before Robert Fisher, a, wealthy
farmer: of Spencer county, Md., died a
few weeks'agc l>e informed his brother
that he had buried $80.000 in bonds in a
jar in bis cellar. After his death the
jar was found as described, bttt the bonds
were gone and they have not been found.
In an inquiry before the railway coma,
rnissioners it has just collie out that two
Met hi the einploy of a certain railway
company as locomotive engineers were
coinpelle4 to work for forty.eight hour
on a stretch. The men seemed to takeit
as a nuttier of course, too.
A. Ip.+tsburger has recovered, in the
courts. the full value of personal prop»
arty stolen from the sleeping car while
he slumbered. It was only a few hun-
dred dollars, yet enough to have placed
safe,in rhtt sleeping car,
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